What age would you consider young to marry?

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Just that, really

It seems frowned upon if you’re under 25 in our circles, most people assume we want a long engagement but we just want to get straight on with planning!

My parents and PIL got married at 23,22,21 and 21 in the '70s. Seems very young now.

Under 28.

Any younger than late 20s is too young in my opinion.

I was 25. We'd been together 9 years at that point.
That seemed about the norm where I live. At least 12 other girls from my year at school got married the same year.

25

23. I was 26 when I got married and didn't feel too young.

The two of my friend who got married at 21 were divorced by 30. Nobody else from that bunch (of about 12 of us, of whom one isn’t married) have since divorced (touch wood) and we’re now 43. Several have been together with their husbands since late teens, just waited a little. Many of us are very glad not to have married our uni boyfriend!

I’d say anything under 27. I was 28.

Under 25 now but looking back to the 80s it was very common to be married with a couple of very young kids by then.

A childhood friend got married at 17 (with parents permission). They are still married after 30 years. I now have a 17 year old and could not imagine him getting married for at least 5 or even 10 years.

Under 25/26

Under 26

We were 25 and among the last of our school and university friends 15 years ago. Current circle are horrified and act like we were children! The norm then seemed to be find a partner as a student, graduate, live together a year, get married.

I'd say under 30 is quite young, although most of my friends were living with their partners who they went on to marry by their mid-20s.

Five of my friends got married aged 32! That was a busy year 🤦

Do you mean you graduated 15ish years ago? I graduated 20 years ago and I don't know anyone who married their uni boyfriend... and thank goodness! 😬

Under 30.

I agree under 30 seems 'young'. I got married at 23 (first time) and I was just too young .. the marriage ended (reasonably amicably) after two years - thankfully no DC - and I married again at 30 ... still married at 65 . We had our DS late in life so he is 22 now and I would be pretty shocked but not say anything if he got married before 30.

Same here, @CremeEggThief . I was the youngest of my friends, there was a flurry around 30.

DH and I didn’t live together first though, as we were both moving around a lot for work. Most of our friends lived together for a while before getting married.

I would say under 25 is young but if you have been working since 16 you are probably in a better position and maturity than those graduating at 21/22/23. Both my DD's are in ltr's and wouldn't be surprised if they marry under25

Legally you can get married over the age of 18. Its no one else's business. You can listen to everyone's advice but at the end of the day its your decision.
I would be more concerned if a couple had only known each other a short amount of time and wanted to get married.

I would say under 25 is young. Under 21 id probably raise an eyebrow to.

I was 22 and still happily married 18 years later, so young doesn’t mean it won’t work.

I was 22 (10 years ago) and certainly raised some eyelids. I look back and wonder who thought it would never last 😄 had a lot of people who didn’t know us assuming we were Christian although we lived together for 4 years pre marriage.

So I’m now 32 and about half of my peers are married (and 1 divorced!).

Eyebrows! Not eyelids!

To answer your question, in my circle I’d say under 27 is on the young side.

Dp has friends and she was only 13 (him 17) when they met, they married the week after he graduated university, he was 21 she was 17. Still together 40 years later